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Bachelor Mother (1939) is an American romantic comedy film directed by Garson Kanin, and starring Ginger Rogers, David Niven, and Charles Coburn. The screenplay was written by Norman Krasna from an Academy Award-nominated story by Felix Jackson (a.k.a. Felix Joachimson) written for the 1935 Austrian-Hungarian film Little Mother.
Ginger Rogers plays a clerk who is mistakenly assumed to be the mother of a foundling and gets a job offer. David Niven is the boss who tries to keep them together. See cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Garson Kanin
- 1939-08-04
Find out who starred in the classic comedy film Bachelor Mother, directed by Garson Kanin and written by Norman Krasna. See the full list of actors, actresses, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
Ginger Rogers plays a shop girl who is mistaken for the mother of a foundling baby in this romantic comedy. Watch the film, see photos, read reviews and learn more about the cast and crew on Turner Classic Movies.
- Garson Kanin, Edward Killy
- Ginger Rogers
Polly Paris (Ginger Rogers) finds a baby on the steps of an orphanage and is hired by a department store owner (Charles Coburn) to take care of it. She falls in love with his son (David Niven), but faces a dilemma when the truth about the baby's paternity is revealed.
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- Ginger Rogers
- Garson Kanin
- Romance, Comedy
181M subscribers. Subscribed. 205. Unemployed Polly Parrish (Ginger Rogers) impulsively picks up a baby left at orphanage doors at Christmas. Everyone assumes the foundling is hers, including...
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Overview. Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together. Garson Kanin. Director. Norman Krasna. Screenplay. Felix Jackson. Story.
